 Outcome-dependent updating of survival follow-up

If a cohort is periodically confirmed event-free but exact event reports update only those who fail, censoring the remaining subjects at their last scheduled confirmation creates informative censoring. Between confirmations the nominal risk set retains future observed failures and removes nonfailures. An apparent final failure may therefore empty the recorded risk set even though other cohort members remain event-free. Use a common verified cutoff or a complete event register with a common administrative censoring date.